Hey friends, if I buy an iPhone 5 on contract from AT&T/Verizon and unlock it fron eBay, will it be a legal process? Do I have to return my phone to the respective company after unlocking it from eBay? And is it a safe process? Will my unlocked phone work in India? I am little bit worried about unlocking procedure of iPhone 5 from eBay therefore I am asking this.

It's legal as far as I know, and if it's illegal, then the law is stupid. It's your phone, you paid however much the phone company or Apple wanted you to pay for it. And what's protecting the carrier's subsidy is the contract, not the fact that it's locked. It is I submit highly more illegal what the carriers are doing by locking the phone in the first place than it is for you to unlock it.

And yes Ebay works just fine. You'll get your unlock code usually within 24 hours. Done.

I think it applies witch I think the government is BS. Will have to wait and see what happens after the new year.

So is this still valid or no? Can I "buy an unlock code" on eBay to unlock my recently purchased iPhone5? I will be leaving the country for school on August 10 and I'm not sure if ATT will unlock my phone at that point. One customer service rep told me 90 days, (I will have about 58 on contract before I leave), but on one of their webpages it says only 60.

So is this still valid or no? Can I "buy an unlock code" on eBay to unlock my recently purchased iPhone5? I will be leaving the country for school on August 10 and I'm not sure if ATT will unlock my phone at that point. One customer service rep told me 90 days, (I will have about 58 on contract before I leave), but on one of their webpages it says only 60.